Monday Morning Tones and Filters.

I think its Monday here on the Mid North Coast.

Funny how the days all seem to have a similar routine when your doing a blog that's about what you have seen and captured in the early hours of the day.

Well today offered pretty much the same as the previous mornings other than getting bogged at my last location for the morning.
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During post editing I played with some tones and the early sunrise shots that were full of colour have been subdued with some pastel effects using Topaz Filters.

I did a similar shot with the Casuarina Foliage last week.

The swell was a little uneven this morning and I noticed one of the early surfers heading for Middle Rock so I decided to follow.

Three guys in the water at Middle Rock and a solitary surfer up the beach away. Some nice walls coming through in the early morning light, but not cranking like it can at this location.

Looking across at Back Middle Rock there seemed to be quite a bit more swell hitting the banks.

Early morning transport for one of the older local surfers. He would have heaps of stories to tell about the past waves at Middle Rock.

Beautiful light against a silhouetted surfer heading for the break.

The car park at Middle Rock was uncrowded and our older local surfer is looking back over where he had just been. I remember that feeling!

An intermittent lineup of swells would appear every few minutes. A little slow but still worthwhile for those out there.

A flock of talkative Galahs' flew past in the early light and they were seen later near the Lake Mouth.

Next stop was the Little Bridge and apart from this Great Egret it was fairly quiet.

There is something about the scene of this channel that always attracts me to taking a photo. I used the 400mm lens again this morning and these trees are around 250 metre away.No cropping here.

To the Village Track and before I had the chance to get my camera out I became bogged.After several attempts at becoming free I rang a friend but no answer. Luckily a local resident came walking down the track but our efforts failed. He left and returned a little later with another local, and this time we were successful. Both these blokes have family history in this area going back to the early 1800's, so it was good hearing a few stories too.

The cones of an Old Man Banksia. The seeds are released when a bushfire goes through.

This view is from the Little Bridge. The Village Track, where I became bogged, is in the distant top right corner.

I often visit the Village Track for its unique Australian Wetland Forest and the bird life that is often seen in the understory.

At the end of the Village Track is the lake.This was just one watercraft that went past me while I was waiting for help. There were a couple of other smaller boats,a canoe and a Paddle Boarder all enjoying Monday Morning. What an Office!!

 

My SLR Camera tip for today is to look at some of the filters that are available for post editing.The one I mainly use is from TOPAZ LABS.

Fair Dinkum!!